MMA Top 25 by weight class through fights of September 30, 2019
Heavyweight - over 205 lbs.
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Stipe Miocic | HW | 87.72 | 14-3-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Daniel Cormier | HW | 68.09 | 18-2-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Ryan Bader | HW | 53.92 | 21-5-0 | Bell | NC #5 Cheick Kongo |
| 4 | 4 | Francis Ngannou | HW | 46.87 | 8-2-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Cheick Kongo | HW | 32.38 | 28-10-2 | Bell | NC #3 Ryan Bader |
| 6 | 6 | Alistair Overeem | HW | 31.07 | 39-17-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 7 | Curtis Blaydes | HW | 29.00 | 8-2-0 | UFC | Beat #24 Shamil Abdurakhimov |
| 7 | 8 | Fabricio Werdum | HW | 27.79 | 23-8-1 | UFC | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 8 | 9 | Philip De Fries | HW | 27.76 | 11-6-0 | KSW | Beat Luis Henrique Barbosa de Oliveira |
| 10 | 10 | Alexander Volkov | HW | 25.86 | 18-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 11 | 11 | Mirko Filipovic | HW | 24.06 | 34-11-2 | Bell | |
| 12 | 12 | Cain Velasquez | HW | 22.45 | 12-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -38 months. |
| 13 | 13 | Junior dos Santos | HW | 22.33 | 15-5-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 14 | Mukhomad Vakhaev | HW | 20.08 | 4-1-1 | ACB | |
| 15 | 15 | Derrick Lewis | HW | 19.96 | 10-5-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 16 | Vitaly Minakov | HW | 19.65 | 14-1-0 | Bell | •10/26 vs. #53 Javy Ayala |
| 17 | 17 | Sergei Kharitonov | HW | 17.83 | 23-6-0 | Bell | |
| 18 | 18 | Evgeniy Goncharov | HW | 17.67 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 19 | 19 | Denis Goltsov | HW | 17.50 | 14-5-0 | Prof | |
| 20 | 20 | Blagoy Ivanov | HW | 17.22 | 13-2-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Amir Aliakbari | HW | 16.89 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 22 | Jiri Prochazka | HW | 15.13 | 9-1-1 | Rizi | •10/12 vs. #58 Fabio Maldonado |
| 23 | 23 | Ali Isaev | HW | 14.80 | 4-0-0 | Prof | |
| 27 | 24 | Augusto Sakai | HW | 13.92 | 7-1-1 | UFC | Beat #45 Marcin Tybura |
| 25 | 25 | Sergei Pavlovich | HW | 13.86 | 8-1-0 | UFC | •10/26 vs. Maurice Greene |
Light Heavyweight - 205 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Jon Jones | LH | 80.80 | 19-1-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Jan Blachowicz | LH | 28.25 | 18-6-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Vadim Nemkov | LH | 28.07 | 5-2-0 | Bell | •10/12 vs. #30 Rafael Carvalho |
| 4 | 4 | Phil Davis | LH | 26.29 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 5 | 5 | Anthony Johnson | LH | 25.58 | 21-6-0 | UFC | --last rated win -37 months. |
| 6 | 6 | Luke Rockhold | LH | 24.26 | 14-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -24 months. |
| 7 | 7 | Tomasz Narkun | LH | 23.22 | 12-3-0 | KSW | Beat Przemyslaw Mysiala |
| 14 | 8 | Glover Teixeira | LH | 20.59 | 23-6-0 | UFC | Beat #34 Nikita Krylov |
| 9 | 9 | Corey Anderson | LH | 19.88 | 7-3-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Aleksandar Rakic | LH | 19.86 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 11 | Maxim Grishin | LH | 19.64 | 16-4-1 | Prof | |
| 8 | 12 | Chris Weidman | LH | 19.64 | 11-4-0 | UFC | •10/18 vs. #13 Dominick Reyes |
| 12 | 13 | Dominick Reyes | LH | 19.35 | 6-0-0 | UFC | •10/18 vs. #12 Chris Weidman |
| 13 | 14 | Dalcha Lungiambula | LH | 19.03 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 15 | Dovletdzhan Yagshimuradov | LH | 18.01 | 5-0-0 | ACA | |
| 16 | 16 | Thiago 'Marreta' Santos | LH | 17.80 | 12-5-0 | UFC | |
| 17 | 17 | Johnny Walker | LH | 17.70 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Anthony 'Lionheart' Smith | LH | 17.45 | 19-8-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Magomed Ankalaev | LH | 17.10 | 4-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Aung La N Sang | LH | 16.60 | 9-4-0 | One | •10/13 vs. Brandon Vera |
| 22 | 21 | Alonzo Menifield | LH | 15.26 | 2-0-0 | UFC | |
| 23 | 22 | Mauricio Rua | LH | 15.16 | 23-11-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 23 | Nasrudin Nasrudinov | LH | 15.11 | 2-0-0 | ACA | |
| 25 | 24 | Sean O'Connell | LH | 15.05 | 11-9-0 | Prof | |
| 26 | 25 | Muslim Magomedov | LH | 14.69 | 3-0-0 | ACA |
Middleweight - 185 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Robert Whittaker | MW | 72.89 | 12-4-0 | UFC | •10/05 vs. #5 Israel Adesanya [for Middleweight title] |
| 2 | 2 | Georges St. Pierre | MW | 63.65 | 24-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -22 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Rafael Lovato Jr. | MW | 43.18 | 7-0-0 | Bell | [interim MW title holder] |
| 5 | 4 | Gegard Mousasi | MW | 41.68 | 37-7-2 | Bell | Beat #14 Lyoto Machida |
| 4 | 5 | Israel Adesanya | MW | 38.65 | 5-0-0 | UFC | •10/05 vs. #1 Robert Whittaker [for Middleweight title] |
| 6 | 6 | Paulo Henrique Costa | MW | 32.91 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 11 | 7 | Jared Cannonier | MW | 32.13 | 6-4-0 | UFC | Beat #7 Jack Hermansson |
| 8 | 8 | Kelvin Gastelum | MW | 28.45 | 11-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -16 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Yoel Romero | MW | 27.96 | 10-4-0 | UFC | --last rated win -19 months. |
| 10 | 10 | Michael Bisping | MW | 23.62 | 24-9-0 | UFC | --last rated win -35 months. |
| 12 | 11 | Derek Brunson | MW | 22.74 | 15-7-0 | UFC | |
| 7 | 12 | Jack Hermansson | MW | 22.69 | 15-5-0 | UFC | Lost to #11 Jared Cannonier |
| 13 | 13 | Ronaldo Souza | MW | 22.27 | 22-6-0 | UFC | |
| 15 | 14 | Scott Askham | MW | 20.93 | 10-4-0 | KSW | |
| 16 | 15 | Bruno 'Blindado' Silva | MW | 20.81 | 5-1-0 | M-1 | |
| 17 | 16 | Edmen Shahbazyan | MW | 17.37 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 17 | Salamu Abdurahmanov | MW | 16.94 | 4-0-0 | ACA | |
| 43 | 18 | Magomed Ismailov | MW | 16.25 | 5-1-1 | ACA | Beat #22 Artem Frolov |
| 19 | 19 | John Salter | MW | 16.03 | 10-4-0 | Bell | |
| 20 | 20 | Beslan Ushukov | MW | 15.98 | 7-3-0 | ACA | |
| 14 | 21 | Lyoto Machida | MW | 15.74 | 25-9-0 | Bell | Lost to #5 Gegard Mousasi |
| 21 | 22 | Abdul-Rahman Dzhanaev | MW | 15.70 | 4-0-0 | ACA | •10/04 vs. Ibragim Magomedov |
| 23 | 23 | Andrew Sanchez | MW | 15.57 | 7-4-0 | UFC | •10/12 vs. Marvin Vettori |
| 24 | 24 | Roman Kopylov | MW | 15.53 | 4-0-0 | FIGH | |
| 25 | 25 | Vyacheslav Babkin | MW | 15.42 | 1-0-0 | ACA |
Welterweight - 170 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Kamaru Usman | WW | 67.55 | 10-0-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Colby Covington | WW | 53.61 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 3 | 3 | Tyron Woodley | WW | 47.44 | 16-4-1 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 4 | 4 | Jorge Masvidal | WW | 40.04 | 32-13-0 | UFC | |
| 5 | 5 | Leon Edwards | WW | 38.53 | 12-2-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Douglas Lima | WW | 36.71 | 16-3-0 | Bell | •10/26 vs. #10 Rory MacDonald |
| 7 | 7 | Ben Askren | WW | 33.00 | 15-1-0 | UFC | •10/26 vs. #18 Demian Maia |
| 8 | 8 | Santiago Ponzinibbio | WW | 32.75 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Jon Fitch | WW | 26.84 | 30-6-2 | Bell | |
| 10 | 10 | Rory MacDonald | WW | 26.07 | 16-5-1 | Bell | •10/26 vs. #6 Douglas Lima |
| 11 | 11 | Ramazan Emeev | WW | 25.46 | 11-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 12 | 12 | Nate Diaz | WW | 25.02 | 18-11-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Vicente Luque | WW | 24.60 | 8-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 14 | Gilbert Burns | WW | 23.85 | 10-3-0 | UFC | Beat #51 Gunnar Nelson |
| 14 | 15 | James Nakashima | WW | 23.60 | 9-0-0 | One | |
| 15 | 16 | Jingliang Li | WW | 23.34 | 10-3-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Magomed Magomedkerimov | WW | 22.50 | 9-0-0 | Prof | •10/11 vs. Chris Curtis |
| 17 | 18 | Demian Maia | WW | 21.95 | 25-9-0 | UFC | •10/26 vs. #7 Ben Askren |
| 18 | 19 | Geoff Neal | WW | 21.63 | 7-1-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Rafael dos Anjos | WW | 20.68 | 21-10-0 | UFC | |
| 21 | 21 | Andrey Koreshkov | WW | 20.59 | 14-3-0 | Bell | •10/04 vs. #31 Lorenz Larkin |
| 22 | 22 | Abdoul Abdouraguimov | WW | 20.53 | 6-0-0 | Brav | •10/04 vs. #60 Jarrah Hussein Al-Silawi |
| 23 | 23 | Chance Rencountre | WW | 20.04 | 8-3-0 | UFC | |
| 30 | 24 | Belal Muhammad | WW | 19.41 | 11-3-0 | UFC | Beat #71 Takashi Sato |
| 24 | 25 | Albert Tumenov | WW | 19.07 | 11-4-0 | ACA |
Lightweight - 155 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | LW | 84.76 | 14-0-0 | UFC |  Beat #2 Dustin Poirier |
| 3 | 2 | Tony Ferguson | LW | 64.26 | 18-1-0 | UFC | |
| 2 | 3 | Dustin Poirier | LW | 48.50 | 20-6-0 | UFC | Lost to #1 Khabib Nurmagomedov |
| 4 | 4 | Conor McGregor | LW | 39.61 | 13-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -34 months. |
| 8 | 5 | Justin Gaethje | LW | 31.32 | 15-2-0 | UFC | Beat #11 Donald Cerrone |
| 9 | 6 | Diego Ferreira | LW | 29.61 | 10-2-0 | UFC | Beat #23 Mairbek Taisumov |
| 5 | 7 | Eddie Alvarez | LW | 28.92 | 26-7-0 | One | |
| 6 | 8 | Timofey Nastyukhin | LW | 28.17 | 5-3-0 | One | |
| 10 | 9 | Ali Bagov | LW | 27.81 | 12-7-0 | ACA | Beat Khusein Khaliev |
| 7 | 10 | Charles Oliveira | LW | 27.36 | 18-8-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 11 | Islam Makhachev | LW | 26.59 | 11-1-0 | UFC | Beat #29 Davi Ramos |
| 12 | 12 | Mansour Barnaoui | LW | 23.40 | 12-4-0 | Road | |
| 13 | 13 | Patricky Freire | LW | 23.37 | 13-7-0 | Bell | |
| 15 | 14 | Gregor Gillespie | LW | 23.07 | 5-0-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 15 | Natan Schulte | LW | 21.82 | 7-1-1 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Ramsey Nijem |
| 17 | 16 | Christian Lee | LW | 21.45 | 6-2-0 | One | •10/13 vs. #49 Saygid Arslanaliev |
| 18 | 17 | Alexander Hernandez | LW | 21.35 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 18 | Islam Mamedov | LW | 21.29 | 7-0-0 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Loik Radzhabov |
| 20 | 19 | Chris Wade | LW | 21.04 | 10-5-0 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Nate Andrews |
| 21 | 20 | Yusuf Raisov | LW | 20.85 | 8-1-0 | ACA | |
| 22 | 21 | Michael Chandler | LW | 20.65 | 15-5-0 | Bell | |
| 33 | 22 | Paul Felder | LW | 20.51 | 12-4-0 | UFC | Beat #60 Edson Barboza |
| 25 | 23 | Benson Henderson | LW | 20.06 | 25-8-0 | Bell | Beat #112 Myles Jury |
| 24 | 24 | Leonardo Santos | LW | 19.68 | 8-0-1 | UFC | |
| 42 | 25 | Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov | LW | 19.57 | 7-1-0 | ACA | Beat #58 Imanali Gamzathanov |
Featherweight - 145 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Max Holloway | FW | 50.03 | 19-4-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Patricio Freire | FW | 48.71 | 17-4-0 | Bell | Beat #21 Juan Archuleta |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander Volkanovski | FW | 40.50 | 12-0-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Lance Palmer | FW | 32.11 | 14-3-0 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Gadzhi Rabadanov |
| 5 | 5 | Mateusz Gamrot | FW | 26.48 | 9-0-0 | KSW | |
| 6 | 6 | Martin Nguyen | FW | 26.19 | 6-2-0 | One | |
| 8 | 7 | A.J. McKee | FW | 26.05 | 9-0-0 | Bell | Beat #103 Georgi Karakhanyan |
| 7 | 8 | Brian Ortega | FW | 25.57 | 7-1-0 | UFC | --last rated win -18 months. |
| 9 | 9 | Zabit Magomedsharipov | FW | 25.12 | 8-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Salman Zhamaldaev | FW | 23.49 | 9-0-0 | ACA | •10/04 vs. #68 Felipe Froes |
| 11 | 11 | Dan Ige | FW | 23.05 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 12 | 12 | Andre Harrison | FW | 22.28 | 13-1-1 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Alex Gilpin |
| 17 | 13 | Emmanuel Sanchez | FW | 22.17 | 13-3-0 | Bell | Beat Tywan Claxton |
| 13 | 14 | Calvin Kattar | FW | 21.75 | 10-2-0 | UFC | |
| 14 | 15 | Ryogo Takahashi | FW | 21.74 | 10-3-0 | Shoo | |
| 15 | 16 | Jose Aldo | FW | 21.10 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 17 | Josh Emmett | FW | 20.80 | 9-2-0 | UFC | |
| 18 | 18 | Isao Kobayashi | FW | 20.27 | 21-5-2 | Panc | |
| 19 | 19 | Movsar Evloev | FW | 19.64 | 6-0-0 | UFC | |
| 20 | 20 | Movlid Khaybulaev | FW | 19.23 | 4-0-1 | Prof | •10/17 vs. Daniel Pineda |
| 35 | 21 | Darrion Caldwell | FW | 19.17 | 9-3-0 | Bell | Beat #29 Henry Corrales |
| 22 | 22 | Frankie Edgar | FW | 17.74 | 17-7-1 | UFC | --last rated win -17 months. |
| 23 | 23 | Bryce Mitchell | FW | 17.71 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 24 | 24 | Busurmankul Abdibait | FW | 17.40 | 4-0-1 | M-1 | |
| 25 | 25 | Arnold Allen | FW | 16.90 | 7-0-0 | UFC |
Bantamweight - 135 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Henry Cejudo | BW | 57.36 | 9-2-0 | UFC |  |
| 2 | 2 | Bibiano Fernandes | BW | 44.95 | 20-2-0 | One | •10/13 vs. #6 Kevin Belingon |
| 3 | 3 | Kai Asakura | BW | 37.59 | 8-1-0 | Rizi | |
| 4 | 4 | Kyoji Horiguchi | BW | 35.29 | 26-3-0 | Rizi | |
| 5 | 5 | Aljamain Sterling | BW | 34.71 | 12-3-0 | UFC | |
| 6 | 6 | Kevin Belingon | BW | 29.65 | 9-4-0 | One | •10/13 vs. #2 Bibiano Fernandes |
| 7 | 7 | Marlon Moraes | BW | 26.92 | 17-4-0 | UFC | |
| 8 | 8 | Cory Sandhagen | BW | 25.74 | 5-1-0 | UFC | |
| 9 | 9 | Victor Henry | BW | 24.63 | 12-4-0 | Rizi | |
| 10 | 10 | Rafael 'Morcego' Silva | BW | 23.45 | 9-3-0 | One | •10/13 vs. #14 Shoko Sato |
| 11 | 11 | Shintaro Ishiwatari | BW | 22.70 | 19-6-3 | Rizi | |
| 12 | 12 | Petr Yan | BW | 22.66 | 7-0-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Hiromasa Ogikubo | BW | 21.34 | 15-4-1 | Rizi | |
| 14 | 14 | Shoko Sato | BW | 21.28 | 17-10-2 | One | •10/13 vs. #10 Rafael Silva |
| 15 | 15 | Dominick Cruz | BW | 19.83 | 16-2-0 | UFC | --last rated win -39 months. |
| 32 | 16 | Takumi Tamaru | BW | 19.32 | 6-1-1 | Shoo | Beat #23 Mamoru Uoi |
| 17 | 17 | Cody Stamann | BW | 19.25 | 9-1-0 | UFC | |
| 16 | 18 | Ryo Okada | BW | 19.17 | 10-3-3 | Shoo | Draw vs. #19 Tatsuya Ando |
| 18 | 19 | Casey Kenney | BW | 19.06 | 7-1-1 | UFC | |
| 19 | 20 | Tatsuya Ando | BW | 18.74 | 8-2-1 | Shoo | Draw vs. #16 Ryo Okada |
| 20 | 21 | Stephen Loman | BW | 18.40 | 4-0-0 | BRAV | |
| 21 | 22 | Said Nurmagomedov | BW | 17.87 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 22 | 23 | Patrick Mix | BW | 16.96 | 5-0-0 | Bell | •10/26 vs. #130 Dominic Mazzotta |
| 24 | 24 | Raoni Barcelos | BW | 16.65 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 25 | 25 | Urijah Faber | BW | 16.64 | 30-10-0 | UFC |
Flyweight - 125 lb. limit
| Sept Rank |
Oct Rank |
Fighter | WC | Rating | Rated Record | Org | September results; •October schedule |
| 1 | 1 | Demetrious Johnson | FL | 35.41 | 20-3-1 | One |  •10/13 vs. #4 Danny Kingad [for Flyweight title] |
| 2 | 2 | T.J. Dillashaw | FL | 30.96 | 11-3-0 | UFC | --last rated win -13 months. |
| 3 | 3 | Joseph Benavidez | FL | 28.78 | 22-5-0 | UFC | |
| 4 | 4 | Danny Kingad | FL | 27.10 | 4-0-0 | One | •10/13 vs. #1 Demetrious Johnson [for Flyweight title] |
| 5 | 5 | Haruo Ochi | FL | 20.90 | 15-7-2 | Rizi | |
| 6 | 6 | Tatsuki Saomoto | FL | 19.59 | 10-1-0 | ZST | |
| 7 | 7 | Shohei Masumizu | FL | 19.48 | 11-3-0 | Panc | |
| 8 | 8 | Azamat Kerefov | FL | 19.02 | 3-0-0 | ACA | |
| 9 | 9 | Matt Schnell | FL | 18.76 | 4-0-0 | UFC | |
| 10 | 10 | Joshua Pacio | FL | 18.71 | 2-1-0 | One | |
| 11 | 11 | Deiveson Figueiredo | FL | 18.69 | 6-1-0 | UFC | •10/12 vs. Tim Elliott |
| 12 | 12 | Jussier Formiga | FL | 18.64 | 13-6-0 | UFC | |
| 13 | 13 | Adriano Moraes | FL | 17.74 | 7-2-0 | One | |
| 14 | 14 | Daichi Kitakata | FL | 17.39 | 9-5-1 | One | •10/13 vs. #21 Yosuke Saruta |
| 16 | 15 | Kairat Akhmetov | FL | 16.36 | 5-2-0 | One | |
| 15 | 16 | Askar Askarov | FL | 15.89 | 5-0-1 | UFC | Draw vs. #34 Brandon Moreno |
| 17 | 17 | Chihiro Suzuki | FL | 15.86 | 3-0-0 | Panc | --last rated win -12 months. |
| 18 | 18 | Grant Dawson | FL | 15.26 | 6-1-0 | UFC | |
| 19 | 19 | Zhalgas Zhumagulov | FL | 14.96 | 3-0-0 | FNG | •10/19 vs. #66 Ali Bagautinov |
| 20 | 20 | Senzo Ikeda | FL | 14.83 | 9-4-1 | One | •10/13 vs. Lito Adiwang |
| 21 | 21 | Yosuke Saruta | FL | 14.29 | 14-7-3 | One | •10/13 vs. #14 Daichi Kitakata |
| 22 | 22 | Rene Catalan | FL | 13.98 | 1-0-0 | One | |
| 23 | 23 | Yuichi Miyagi | FL | 13.86 | 6-6-1 | Para | |
| 24 | 24 | Makoto Takahashi | FL | 13.72 | 8-1-1 | DEEP | |
| 25 | 25 | Charles Henrique | FL | 13.50 | 1-0-0 | ACA |